Cigarette-maker.



Patented Aug. 20,1901.

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. H. H. HARRISON.

CIGARETTE MAKER.

(Application med Apr. 11, 1901.1

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UNITED l STATES PATENT OEETCET..

HENRY 1I. HARRISON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-MAKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,053, dated August 20, 1901.

Application led April 11, 1901. Serial No. 55 ,323. (No model-l To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. HARRISON, a

` citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new `and Improved Cigarette- Maker, of which the following is a full, clear,

` desired, either round, square, or in other forms, if preferred. Also the parts may be constructed to make the cigarette round in cross-section or square, according to the desire of the user. i

This specification is a specific description of one form of the invent-ion, while the claim is a definition of theactual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference in dicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. `3 is a cross-section of the charging-tube, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section of a slight modification thereof;

According to the construction here shown the body portion o, is in the form of a cylindrical tube, preferably closed at its lower end by a cap a. The upper end of this tube is open and has a lug a2 thereon, such lug carrying a closure-plate b, which is pivoted on the lug through the medium of acontracted neck b. This closure plate is capable of swinging to the open position (shown in Fig. l) or to the closed position (shown in Fig.2 Carried on the body-tube a is a box o,adapted to contain a suitable paste, this box being iitted with a sliding or otherwise-movable cover c'.

ol indicates the charging-tube, which is arranged to tit snugly within the body-tube and which is formed with a longitudinal slot d', extending throughout its length. The upper end of the tube d has a flange d:a formed thereon, which is adapted to overhang the upper end of the body-tube ot.

In using the device the tube (l is Withdrawn from the body-tube and the cigarette-paper is rolled around this charging tube, after which the edges of the paper are cemented together. The paper may be supplied with cement or paste from the box c, or, if desired, the edges of the paper may be previously gummed, so that they need only be moistened when itis desired to secure the edges together. The paper having been placed on the tube d and fastened at its edges, the tube, with the paper, should be inserted into thebody-tube. When the parts are thus adj usted, the charging-tube should be filled with tobacco, and when the proper amount has been inserted in the tube the closure b should be thrown to the position shown in Fig. 2, in which the closure lies immediately over the closure b, with the neck b opposite the slot d in the charging tube. By grasping the charging-tube at the ange d2 the tube may be drawn out of the body-tube, leaving the ci garette-paper within the body-tube and also leaving the tobacco in said tube, the charging-tube being moved from over the tobacco which was previously pressed thereinto. In this operation the closure-plate b acts to hold the tobacco in place, the charging tube moving over the closure-plate and this plate therefore serving as an abutment to prevent the displacement of the charge of tobacco. When the charging-tube has been withdrawn fromthe bodytube, the cigarette will be completed and it is only necessary to withdraw it from the body-tube. Now it is obvious that, as intimated above, the device may be constructed with any number of body and charging tubes desired, and these tubes may be of any size or shape which the manufacturer may deem it advisable to give them.

In making cigarettes in which the tobacco is in long strips or strings, which is generally known as long filler, the charging-tube may be constructed as shown in Fig. Ll-that is to say,the tube d may have a part indicated at d3, such part extending longitudinally throughout the length of the tube and being hingedly connected to the main portion of the tube by the hinge d4, the arrangement being such IOO lthat the swinging part d3 cannot move inward beyond the position shown in Fig. 4, but the hinge d4 allowing the part d3 to swing downward to a sufficient extent'to permit of conveniently directing the tobacco lengthwise, as shown in Fig. 2. With this form of the device the operation is the same as that previously described.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details ot' my invention may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention. myself entitled to all nsuch variations as may lie Within the scope of my claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A cigarette-maker, comprising a tubular Hence I consider K body portion, a charging-tube capable of slidably fitting within the body portion, the charging-tube having a longitudinally-extending slot therein, and a closure-plate having a contracted neck pivotally mounted on one end of the body portion, the closure-plate being capable of litting within the chargingtube and the slot of said tube receiving the contracted neck of the closure-plate, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 3o two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY H. HARRISON.

Witnesses:

I. B. OWENS, JNO. M. RiTTER. 

